RichRelevance acquires Avail to aid its international expansion

May 14, 2013 12:36 am

RichRelevance, a company that delivers personalized product recommendations for online customers and retailers, announced earlier today that it has acquired… Continue reading ⟩

1 billion daily product recommendations driving ‘multiple billions’ in sales for RichRelevance clients

March 7, 2013 7:20 pm

Amazon pioneered the you-bought-this, you-might-like-that and the people-who-bought-X-also-bought-Y online sales approach. Now the key people behind Amazon’s technology, who founded… Continue reading ⟩

Pinfluencer: Pinterest better than Facebook for followers, impressions, and sales

December 5, 2012 11:03 am

Calling all Mark Cubans in consumer brands: Pinterest may be a greener pasture for brands to connect with customers than… Continue reading ⟩

Funding Daily: Shout it from the mountaintops

August 14, 2012 11:42 pm

It all started from the concept of a slippery slope. Combine the snowball effect online shopping can have on susceptible… Continue reading ⟩

Recommendations engine DirectedEdge opens up to developers

January 6, 2010 11:08 pm

Product-recommendation startup DirectedEdge is launching a free API for its recommendations platform so that developers can create new applications for… Continue reading ⟩

Runa's new service looks to turn web surfers into sales

November 19, 2009 8:00 am

Last year, e-commerce retailers spend $21 billion, or 15 percent of their revenues, in online marketing to drive traffic to… Continue reading ⟩

RichRelevance snags $12.5M for e-commerce recommendations

August 7, 2009 3:51 pm

RichRelevance, a company that provides consumers with e-commerce recommendations tailored to their preferences and interests, has brought in $12.5 million… Continue reading ⟩

The German start-up scene: Copycats, but getting smarter

October 22, 2008 6:46 pm

I’ve been in Germany since Sunday for the Berlin Web 2.0 Expo, where I participated in a workshop to help… Continue reading ⟩

Sociocast launches new personalized content delivery platform

September 29, 2008 4:01 am

For a long time, web “filters” have been working on delivering the right information to the right person. But usually,… Continue reading ⟩

Behavioral targeting firm Proclivity Systems lands $5.5 million in second round of funding

September 17, 2008 8:21 pm

Proclivity Systems announced a second round of funding today, to the tune of $5.5 million. Proclivity provides back-end analytics in… Continue reading ⟩